The no-nonsense guide to menopause
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- ISBN: 9780743276788
- ISBN: 0743276787
- Physical Description xiv, 482 pages : illustrations
- Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Publisher New York ; Simon & Schuster, 2008.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-461), Internet addresses and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 29.99 |
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The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause : A Comprehensive Resource with Simple, Unbiased Advise on Managing This Important Life Stage
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Table of Contents
The No-Nonsense Guide to Menopause : A Comprehensive Resource with Simple, Unbiased Advise on Managing This Important Life Stage
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| Section 1 | Are you going through menopause? | p. 11 |
| 1 | Flashing Back: A Brief History of Menopause | p. 13 |
| 2 | At First Glance: Perimenopause, Beginnings and Ends | p. 24 |
| 3 | Seeing Red: Excessive Bleeding, Menorrhagia, and Perimenopause | p. 35 |
| 4 | "Is It Hot in Here, or Is It Just You?": Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, and Other Things That Keep You Up at Night | p. 46 |
| 5 | The Science of Sleep: Night Sweats, Wakefulness, and Getting Some Shut-Eye | p. 66 |
| 6 | Getting It On as You Get On: Menopause, Aging, and Sexuality | p. 83 |
| 7 | The Swing versus the Slump: Menopause, Mood, and Depression | p. 104 |
| 8 | The Secret Hystery: The Truth About Hysterectomy and Oophorectomy | p. 119 |
| 9 | Down Under: Vaginal and Reproductive Health as You Age | p. 133 |
| Section 2 | Menopausal approaches | p. 147 |
| 10 | The World Is Flat: The New and Changing Role of Hormone Therapy in Menopause | p. 149 |
| 11 | Menopause, Nnaturally?: What We Know about the Wild West of Natural, Alternative, and Bioidentical Menopause Medicine | p. 196 |
| 12 | The Skinny on Menopausal Weight: Is Gain Really Just Part of the Change? | p. 215 |
| 13 | Minding Your Peas and Caveats: Menopause Nutrition and Eating Healthfully in the Second Half of Life | p. 232 |
| 14 | Change of Pace: Menopause and Exercise | p. 243 |
| Section 3 | The pause | p. 257 |
| 15 | Mindful Menopause: Memory, Cognition, and Alzheimer's Disease | p. 259 |
| 16 | Loving the Skin You're In: Skin, Hair, and Midlife Beauty | p. 279 |
| 17 | The Great Pretender: Thyroid Disease and Menopause | p. 299 |
| 18 | Taking Heart: Menopause and Heart Disease | p. 312 |
| 19 | Close to the Bone: Osteoporosis, Bone Density, and Menopause | p. 343 |
| 20 | The Golden Bowl: Incontinence and Menopause | p. 374 |
| Section 4 | Meno-politics | p. 385 |
| 21 | Male Menopause: How the Other Half Changes | p. 387 |
| 22 | Half the Sky: Menopause Around the World | p. 391 |
| Afterword: becoming a no-nonsense patient: a crash course in the basics of health literacy | p. 397 | |
| Notes | p. 421 | |
| Index | p. 463 |
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